DEEP SPACE: "Q-Less" REV. 11/10/92 - ACT FIVE           49.

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					QUARK
			Shhh.
				(to the crowd)
			Now, as you know, payments must be 
			in gold press latinum, and all 
			transactions are final.
				(a beat)
			Remember, bid high and bid often.

	Vash takes the podium.  Holds up an intricately carved stone 
	statue.

					VASH
			Ladies and gentlemen, our first item 
			is a statue from the Gamma Quadrant's 
			Verath System.  First I suppose I 
			should talk a little bit about the 
			Verathan civilization, which reached 
			its height some thirty thousand years 
			ago...

	Quark can't believe this.  He interrupts Vash and pulls her 
	aside.

					QUARK
			What are you doing?

					VASH
			Placing the statue in its historical 
			context.

					QUARK
			Here, give me that.
				(takes the statue)
			This isn't the Daystrom Institute.  
			Watch closely.

	Quark walks back to the podium.

					QUARK
				(continuing)
			Friends, have you ever purchased a 
			one-of-a-kind artifact only to 
			discover some other collector has 
			six more just like it?

	The two Ferengi bidders exchange hateful looks.

					QUARK
				(continuing)
			Well, now you can avoid that kind of 
			embarrassment.